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epon lisled lhe species as ranging from rare io locally vulnerable.<br />
Isolated populations were reponed ftom t}lc nonhem<br />
region of the counlry in the Ennodi Mountains as Iale as 1960<br />
(Wake and Kluge l96l).<br />
Management and Consffvation Programs: Prior to 1970,<br />
legislation regulating cropping of wild topulations, skin deal,<br />
ers had to be licensed, and an export lax was levied on all skins.<br />
Hunling was foftidden in national parks and in the nonhem part<br />
of the country. Th€ minimum legal <strong>size</strong> was established as 25<br />
cm b€lly width, and egg collection was forbidden. Theenforccment<br />
of dcse regulations was largely ineffective and difficult<br />
to con|rol, especially after lhe advcnt oflhe civil war. <strong>Crocodile</strong><br />
farming projecti in thc vicinity oflake Chad were initiated in<br />
1972 but were abandoned after 4-5 years (Pooley 1982).<br />
CountryRating<br />
Survcy Data: I-no survey planned<br />
Wild Population Status: 3-severely depleted/endangered<br />
Managemcnl Progran: E. l-cropping<br />
(1982) considercd fie overall population s6lus to be poot but<br />
that good populations still remained in the rcrthem forested<br />
regions of the counEy. Befua (1987c) surveyed seven siLs in<br />
the nonhem pan of the Congo. Corected population densities<br />
rangedftom 0.45-3.74m. TheexFapolatedpopulation <strong>size</strong> for<br />
nonheastem Congo was 2,8m-8,600, and for the entire country<br />
was 4,000-13,000.<br />
Matragem€ntand Cons€natiotr Prcgrams: TheNile crocodile<br />
is lisred as being proi€cted in national parks by Pmley<br />
(1982). A 1983 decree permits hmting under license (Klemm<br />
and Navid 1989). In 1985 $e Congo population \las reclassified<br />
as CITES Appendix II and an annual expon permit of I,0m<br />
crcpped skins was established. This quota was reduced to 150<br />
in 1987, and eliminated dtogethe. in l9m.<br />
Country Rating<br />
Survey Data: trI-basic survey data<br />
Wild Population Status: 4-depleted/vulnerable<br />
Management hogram: E. l-cropping<br />
Contac! Mr. Daboulayo Ban Ymary<br />
Slender-snouled crocodilc<br />
Nile crocodile<br />
Dwarf crocodile<br />
Congo<br />
Slender-snouted crocodile<br />
(C roc odllus calaphractu s)<br />
Statusof Wild Populations: This spe.ies was nor considered Management and Conservation Programs: The dwarfcrocodile<br />
is protected in national parks (Pooley 1982). A 1983 decre€<br />
to be endangered by authoriries cited in Pooley ( 1982). Surveys<br />
by Bchia (1987c) of seven siics found correctedensidcsof 0.3, permils hunting under liccnse (Klemm and Navid 1989). In<br />
6.54m. ExEapolated populadon <strong>size</strong> for the norlheasrcm 198?, the Congo population of O,rreold€mB was ransfeffed ro<br />
section of (he counFy surveyed was 10,000-30,000, and for aho Appendix II and a quota of 500 esbblished. At the 1989 CITES<br />
entire country was 15,000-45,000.<br />
conference, realizing lhat no marke! existed for OJlsolaem&J<br />
skins, $e Congo had proposed the reclassification of lhis<br />
Management and Conservation Prugrams: Pooley (1982) species into Appendix I and the eliminarion of tho quota.<br />
shtes that ftis species is prot€cred in narional parks. A 1983 Ins@ad, the population was rerained on AplEndix II, and rhe<br />
decree perni|s hunting under license (Ktemm and Navid 1989). Congo was given a zero quota (Hemley 1989).<br />
In 1987, the Congo popularion was u'.nsfcncd to CITES<br />
Appendix II and an annual quora of6m C. cdrdpLacr&r skins Country Rating<br />
to b€ exported was established. This quota was also amrovcd Survey Data: Ill-basic survey data<br />
for 6e p€riod 19901992 at the 1989 CITES conference. All Wild Population Status: l-unknown<br />
skins come from cropped wild individuals.<br />
Management Program: C,lrgisladon<br />
Country Rating<br />
Survey Dala lll-basic survey dara<br />
Wild Population Sl-alus: 4depleted/vulnerablc<br />
Managemeni hogram: E. l-cropping<br />
Nife crocodife (Croco tlylus niloticus)<br />
Status of Wild Populations: Authorities cited in Pooley<br />
Dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus te'raspis\<br />
Status of Wild Populations: Osteolaemus is sard to be<br />
plcnliful in the nonhem part of the counfy eooley 1982). bur<br />
surveys by Behra (198?c) in larger rivers failed lo see any.<br />
Agnagna (1989) commenrs on nesfng by this species in rhe<br />
Congo bul prescnts no dala on status. The Congo fom of<br />
O'edaenir.r was described as being laxonomically disrincr<br />
from theWesl African form by Schmidt (1919). Since r,llat rnnc<br />
no workhas been done on the oxonomic status ofAfrican dwarf<br />
crocodilcs and futu.e invesligations of this ropic are ,/arranred.<br />
Contac! Olivier Beha, Marcellin Agnagna<br />
Slender-snoutcd crocodile<br />
Nile cr$odile<br />
Dwarf crocodilc<br />
Equatorial Guinea<br />
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